Quotes
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DS Jim Strange : [at Blenheim Vale] What went on here?
Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright : Whatever it was, this time we get to the bottom of it.
DCI Fred Thursday : And Division?
Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright : Can't bury it twice. We'll have the truth. Whatever it costs!
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Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright : I have orders from Division to see this business stopped and the excavation shut down at once.
[Long pause]
Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright : But they're not here, and I am. I can buy you until the end of the day. After which, I fear, we will all swing together.
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DCI Fred Thursday : [about the dead tramp] Kicked to death, or stabbed with a broken bottle, according to Dr. De Bryn.
Chief Superintendent Reginald Bright : I don't know what the world's coming to. Most days, I barely recognise it at all.